As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Silence
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air.
-Cecelia Ahern
The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.
-Clarice Lispector
"The Passion According to G.H."
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
Silence moves faster when it's going backward.
-Jean Cocteau
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
-Adrienne Rich
"Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying"
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
Silence is a giver; it gives some things to you! Noise is a taker; it takes some things from you! Seek for the silence!
-Mehmet Murat Ildan
When you connect to the silence within you; that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.
-Stephen Richards
